“I read it, and then I read it again and I thought to myself ‘This is Billy’s last sermon,” author Ken Garfield, who has written several books about Graham, told WSOC. “You could take these first six or seven paragraphs of (the) will, and it’s kind of the story of his life.”

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, now led by Franklin Graham, is listed as a beneficiary in the will. So are Graham’s five children and his literary trust, which holds the copyrights to his works.

“When you read this I will be safely with Jesus in Paradise,” he wrote.